Tjitct assemblage of motor adjuncts



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UNIT ASSEMBLAGE 0F MOTGR ADJUNCTS. APPLICATION FILED rte. 14. I920.

1 ,422,995. Patented July 18, 1922.

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UNIT ASSEMBLAGE 0F MOTOR ADJUNCTS.

APPLICATION nun FEB. H. I920.

1,422,995, Patented July 18, 1922.

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A TTORNE Y5 V. LINK.

UNIT ASSEMBLAGE 0F MOTOR ADJUNCTS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1920.

1,422,995, Patented July 18, 1922.

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INVENTOR 4 TTOHN V. LINK.

UNIT ASSEMBLAGE 0F MOTOR ADJUNCTS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. 1920.

Patented July 18, 1922.

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UNIT ASSEMBLAGE 0F MOTOR ADJUNCTS.

APPLICATION min FEB. I4. 1920.

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O E TOR A TTORNEYS UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

vnvcnnr LINK.- or nnruoxr, summons, as s ronon'ro THE srunssnm conro- BATION, a oonronnrrou or uswennssr.

um'r nssnmnnnen or LlIOTOB survivors Specification of Letters Paten Pa t-tsilhed July 18, 1922.

Aimlication filed February 14,- ieeof Serial No. 358,706.

To all whom it may concern:

and an ignition timer.

The assignee of the invention herein is the owner of a rior atent to one James G. Heaslet, 1,23 ,331, ugust 21, 1917, assemblage of internal combustion engines and their associated mechanisms. Prior-to the invention of the Heaslet patent, it had been the practice in automoblleconstruction to mount the various motor adjuncts in different positions on the motor, some 0'12 which were, in practice, very inaccessible, so that considerable time wasrezlluired not only in the initial assemblage at t c parts, but, also, in the subsequent removal or repair thereof. In accordance with the Heaslet invention, the motor adjuncts were brought together at the forward end of the motor, and were so grouped as to be driven directly fromthe crank shaft, through a simple train of gearing. This construction reatly facilitated the initial assemblage of t e motor and reudered the partsfarmore accessible for removal or repair than had theretofore been feasible. h

In the Heaslet invention, however, the "erious accessories were supported and mounted directly upon the engine and, in practice, were individuallysecumd thereto by suitable attaching means, That is to say, the timer was supported in its individual mounting on the motor, and the same was true of'the water pump, the generator, and the rema ning associated devices.

While the Heaslet invention re resents a distinct advhnce in the art it will e apparent that because of the independent mounting of each device, such devices would necessarily require to be individually installed, the parts being successively secured to the of MotorAdjuncts, of which the 01 engmeand 'consecutivelycou led up throu h the gear train referred top in other Wor the mounting of each part was a. distinct job or operation, the main portion ofthe 'work in connection with which was done on the motor. As only a limited number of workmen can efiiciently work on a motor, at-any' particular time, owing to the proximity of the artsthereof, the individual mounting of t e several elements in succession, as described, occasioned veryconsiderable delay in the time of out ut of the motors. Accordingly, the wor in installing these devices was, practically a one man ob. Moreover, other men could not efliciently work on other parts of the motor, such as the cylinders or cam shafts, without interfering with advantages specified, and others, in that it provides fol-the assemblage or organization of the various adjuncts on a workmans bench, juncts respect to oneanother me he picked u as aunit, and thereafter rea ily'positione as such, on the motor.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a unitary casting is prepared, provided with properly faced surfaces for attachment and bearings and is suitablv cored out to provide a housing for the lions to the various parts. The casting is further preferablv provided with oil ducts for properly feeding the lubricant to and from the oil pump. adapted to be associated therewith, flIlClWltll additional oil ducts for circulating the lubricant about the driving connections of the device. One of the surfaces ofthe casting with a correspondin ly fnoed portion of the motor, said face of the motor being tapped to allowthe casting, with all the parts .assembled thereon, to be expeditiously, securely and economically mounted in place upon the motor through the medium of a few machine screws.

The casting and the associated adjuncts having been mounted on the engine in the manner described, the driven site are connected by a single counter sha to the crank shaft of the engine through a; simple gear train, and, if desired, this counter shaft in such manner that all of these ad-' in properly assembled relation withriving conned is faced to co-operate motor, here shown as a w c automobile-or aeroplanemotor. Motors of this character usually have asadjuncts, a-

tiwe cylinders in t med,

Eignre.;-1 isiaside-elevation of an engine with-which the present-invention is asso- Eigure-2 viii-.9. glen -view of a fragments] ortipn ofthe showingof-Figure 1.

Figure. 3, is;a-section--on-the line 3-'-3 of r a F gureA-is a-sectionmnlthe -.line'4-4- of deeper tire eiew of-the-cash in%.preferably emlfl gad; end

ngures 6.--and:--7 are;sections, through the castingof Figure. o ass sectionedlon the :lines 6 -6 and 7-7, respectively, .of Figure 2. 4

Referring to the dna wi 1 indicates a water p umpya'in-the cooling. system, a genstateroom-magneto 3'for ignition andlighting',;a comb ined timer-an distributor 4 for distribu v the electric-.5 current from the generator the sparkplugs of the respecence, and on oil pump 5: forcirculatingilia lubricant employed; Iu-accordancemith-the present invention all of these parts, orat least such partsas-aretmbensedmn the e ine with whichthe inventionjsto be associated, are adupteclfltobe mounted on a unitary supporting member 6 which isshown separate and apart. from the-rest of the construction in Figure5 oftho. drawings. This member Bis-preferablyin the form of a casting, the shape of whichis, mnniziestly mom: or less determined by theparticular adjuncts which it is desiredto assemble thereonaml, while it maynbelof any-material, is preferably cast in aluminum in the interest of lightness. Thecesting is cored out to-suit requirements and isrprosided'with properly faced-flanges andsurfaoes adaptedfor co-operation with corresponding flangesand surfaces on the various adjuncts: and on the motor, to produce oil-ti t-joints; whentheparts-areassembled. willunow-proceed to describe the assemblage of the variousadjuncts on the unitary supporting-element: 6, and the-subsequent monnting-o the who1e,- as :r unit,

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Ar water pumpfiis preferably the first device mounted on-the castingfi, and, to receive ti1is-pump,-.the casting 6-is provided known type of vith a flange 7 which may form, as shown in: *igu-re 3, oneside: oftlie iumpicasing. 'iheother'side 8 is secured thereto byscrews 9, and, as the pump shown is of the centrif'ugs'zl type, it is provided interio'rlywith arotor '10, having suitable fan blades common to this type of ump. The rotor 10 is secured to a. stub ia-ft 11, which passes through the pump casing and extends through the casting 6 into a gear chamber 12 formed at the other end thereof. The shaft works in bearings 13 and 14 positioned in the respective halves ofthe pump casing and-leakage of the water fromthe pump 2 oboutthe shaft is precluded by Pl'OVldlDfit spacectmpartias shown and glandicaps- 16" and 18' are forced apart by tininterposed SPliflgylQ which has the functionzofi' holding the soft packing tightly-to the Shaft (imprecludeleelrage-as-specified.

The inner endof: the stub shaft 11 issteppecl; down to receive a worm gear 20 which slipped on: to :thestepped down.

portion and in out 21 thereafter screwed Eon to-thethreaded end of the shaftto hold-the geanin place. The-nut2l is transversely slotted acrossiits outer face andriiorms aislip clutchwith which =ada' ted towengage an operating-spindleZQ of e'generator 3,:so thhtthe sp ndle of the generatoris-cleorly locked-against rotation to=thc stub shaft 11. and-may be driven tlu'ou h suchconncction. The generator 3 is provi ed-with aiflange 23 which is secured-by means of bolts 2-1:.to n flange 25 formed-on the casting 6.-

Superimposed upon the casting 6 is a bearing- 26 provided with a flange 27 by means of which itmay be secured :by screws 28; to said-casting. Thoflsuge 27 is positioned intermediate the ends of the bearing 26 so that Wllflhbll6'll6fl-lllfg is in place upon the casting 6, it projects above the top of the cestiug as well-as downwardly intothc chamber -12thcreof. The bearing QG-serves as a support for the timer and distributor 4. The stem 28' of. the timer projects downwardly'into the upper'end of the bearing-26 and-is'mountedfor oscillation therein, but locked against longituclirml movemcntrclstive theretolby means of a setscrew 29- c0- acting with an annular groove 30 inthe stem of the timer. The-timer is-provided with the usual operating arm 3lhy means ofwhich i itmay be-oscilhrted to advance or retard the'spurk.

Extendingdownwardl through thestem of=the timer and throng! the lower portion of the bearing 26 is a spindle 32 of the distributor and near the lower end of said spindle is ailixed a worm gear 33 .XVhiCh meshes with a worm gear 20.. The distributor is driven from the shaft 11 through these WOIl'll HIS- The ower end of the spindle 32 is transversely slotted to engage with the complementurily shaped upper endof the spindle 34 of an oil pump 35. The said two Spindles are thus locked together for rotation and the s indle of the timer serves to drive the spine of the oil pump. The oilpump'ma be of any well known construction but is' ere shown as of the well known gear type. :One of the gears 36 is fixed on the dri spindie 34 and the other gear 37 is rotata 1e on a stud 38. .Both of the gears in question are positioned within a casing 39 which is secured, by means of screws-40, to the under side of the casting 6. The. inlet and outlet; of the oil pump 41 and 42 respectivel ,whicharecoredout of the casting 6 an the one 35 of the pum and lead to a facedsu oo 43 with whic the castin is provided. v

The faced surface 43 is formed on a flange 44 which serves as an attach' flan ejof the casting 6 and by means 0 whic the casting is secured to the motor through the medium of screws 45. Fi ures 1, 2 and 4 clearly show the manner 0 attachment.-

It may be here noted that thekinlet and outlet ducts 41 and 42 for the oil pump are continued in the walls of the engine casting and the oil is circulated by means of the pump 5 through these ducts in the usual manner. Moreover, when the-castin 6 is in place upon the en 'ne, the ch or 12 is in communication t ough ducts 46 and 4.7 with the interior of'the crank case or with some other suitable source of lubricant supply, so that, in practice, the chamber 12 is at all times flooded with oil and the gears 20 and 33 run in this lubricant. Thus, not only the gears are pro rly lubricated, but the lubricant works a ong the shafts and spindles on which the gears are mounted and serves to properly lubricate all of the working parts.

In practically carrying out this invention, the water pump, timer, oil pump and generator are all assembled on the supportinv unit or casting 6, and thereafter the w olevpicked up as a unit and secured to the engine by means of the screws 45. The more act of screwing the castin 6 in place on the motor serves to connect t e oil ducts referred to so that it only remains to make the connections to the water pump and connect the stub shaft 11 through suitable means to the crank or cam shaft of the engine. The inlet L8 to the water ump is placed into communication with t e radiator with r a are in the [form =of=ductspiece of pipin and the use of flexible connections, not siown, whilethe outlet 49 is directly connected to-the jacket of the motor, preferably-throughthe use of a flexible connection.. l v

r In the preferred embodiment of this invcntio the stubshaft 11 is'driven from the crank s aft through suitable gearing, contained in a casing 50, and this gearing is coupled to the stub shaft ll through a connectin -rod-"51,- the rear endof which is provi ed with .a con ling-element 52 as shown in Fi re 1. 7 he ad'acent end of the stub she 11 is provide with a conplinfi, member 53 and-these two cou ling mem ers-.a.re-bolted.together by bolts 4 to provide lacdriving connection between the two shafia-i Byproviding-a readily detachable connection as shown, .theshaft 11 may be readily -coupled:or. uncoupled .to the connecting shaft tl during the initial assembling operations or for subsequent repair or overhaulingof the engine. Althoughit is nota essential tothis invention,.:the fun, not shown may be readily driven from the coupling-shaft 51 through a belt 55, as this providesa simple and eiiicient construction for carrying on'its urpose.

- It will be noted t atthe adjuncts of the engine'which are mounted on the supporting member-:6 aredriven by the shafts 11 and= 51 which' are entirely independent of the camshaft ofithe motor although, if desired; the shaft 51 .may be-driven from the cam shaft. This construction makes .it possible for one or more workmen to work upon the motor durin the assemb' of the motor and the timing of. its cam s iaft, while one or more additional workmen may be operating in another. portion of the factory at a bench on the assembly of the motor adjuncts. After they have been amembled and thezmotor otherwise completed, the adjuncts assemblechon the supporting member 6, are brought to the=motor and assembled thereonas a unitwithease and celerity. It will be manifest, moreover, to those skilled in the art that the ,vnrious motor adjuncts may be .-far -mo1'e readily and easil assembled-on a bench than could possib y be the case in their-assemblage directl on the motor, since the workmen find. t e parts more accessible. and the use of ordinary wrenches ,canbe availed of, whereas special wrenches are required to assemble the parts directly on the motor.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a job of thejcharacter under consideration may-be accomplished with the aid of the present invention in practically halfthe time required by previous methods. 1

It will be understood that changes in form and details, such as the substitution .of equivalents, may-be made in the structure said elemenhandidm andifromthe OH PRIHFMditO'thQ'SUI coil described-mithoutamaterially do erting from the inventiom 'the soopea of w ichis com mensurate withzthe appendedclaims;

M01BOVB .partmofuthe: 'iirrvontion described may be used sit or alone ior in otherieuvironments; withoutdpafiing: from the spirit and prinoi leot thefinventionr Hav' thus escribeditheinvention, what 116 aim as new and desire to secureaby: Letters Patent-is: f

1. .Mbtor; assemblage ointhe character described embodying: azs upporting element 00-- openable with a motor andiprovidedi with;

' a ichambere adapted toicontadn mdubricant; .a

plurality oirmotora adjuncts supported: on gearse-forret leastone of: said:.ad'unets= sitionem'witbin the lubricant oh or; sand supportinghelementi being independent of-- the crude :case: of the motor. and memorable ifromwthea motor: with cute necessitmti the: diemantlingr of: any part-of the c rouse. i

2. Motor: assemblageof the: character -described embodyingra casting ooograbla with umotorsand -ha-ving|a1surfacedce adapted to cooperate with at corresponding: face formed: on. the-motor, a plurality o'fi adjunots mounted on -the easting and'o'ne ofwhich isan oil pump; said-casting" being cored'out' to provide pslead to face -of.the' castin jwhereb the are adapt" ed tor isterwi :oilsu yan :inlet-duetsformed .m :the :motorian surfaced face thereof:-

3'; llotor:-assemb1ageof! the characterde scribed embodying .a-supporting element adapted: tobe mountediona motor, a--plurality-ofmotor adjuncts carried b 'the supportmgelement, anz-operating a-ft associatedzwritlreaoltadjunctand all of which operating shafts are; urnalled in the suprting element; sai supporting-element eing independent of the-crank case of the motor and removable from-the motor without necessitating thedismantling of any part of the crankcase.

4. Motor assemblage ofthe character de:

scribed embodying-a. supporting element fora'plura'lity of the adjuncts, means-mounting the supporting. element iii-position on-amotor: to support said member and'all ofits adjuncts as a. unit :thereon and 1 means for operating said adj uncle, said s u porting elementibeing mounted-on the si e of the motor to leave the ends of'the crank case unobstructed by such-edjunots.

5; Motor assemblageof the character described embodyingmsupport' element woperable with e-motor and 'in ependent of the motorcrankcase; a-plumlity of motor adjuncts mounted. on saidsupporting element; an operating shaft associated with each adjunct and journalled in-the supporting element, whereby all of said adjuncts extending to sm'd mounted: on sai supporting elemen gear [7 in for operating-certain of said adjunots which gear-in us positioned within the chamberof meansfor mountin'g't supporting elenient with itsassocieted adjunotsasn unit upon the sideof a motor; to leavethe ends of themotor crank oase'unencumbered'by said adjuncts, with-the chamber of- 'said element in communication with the lulmicetingsystem of the-motor, whereby the lubricant fed to said chamber during the operation of the motor serves'to lubricate the operating gears of said adjuncts.

p 7. Motorassemblage of -the character described embodying'a supporting element independentofthe motor crank case, a drive shaft,v hearings in; the su portingelement forsaid-drive shaft, a p uralit-y 'of motor adjuncts-'mou'nted' onthe supportingelement, 0 ative connectionsbetween each of said adjuncts and'tlie-driveshhft'a-nd embodying driven shafts journalled for" rota tion in the'supportin-gelement and means, independent-ofthe means which holdtho parts of the motor-crankcase amembled, for mouutiugthe whole asa unit on a-motor.

8.- Motor-assembluge of the character de scribed embodying-a -su porting element in dependent of and'inadgltion to the constituentpnrts'of the-motorcrank case, a plurality of" motor adjuncts mounted thereon, one of which-adjuncts is an oil pump and means foumountingsaid supporting memher with its associated adjuncts, as a unit, on n motor said supportiugmcmlmr lasing: provided with inlet aud ont-let ducts for the oil pump which are adapted-to be placed in communication with the lubricating system of the notor'when'saidisupporting element is mounted thereon.

9. Motor assemblage of the character described embodying-a chambered supporting element, means for mounting a plurality of motor adjuncts onsaid'sup orting element, oncof said adjuncts em odying an oil pump, and-said element being provided with ductsrforming au-inlet and an outlet forthe oibpump, means extending into the chamber-ofth'e supporting-element for oper ating the several adjuncts, means for mounting the supporting element with its associated adjuncts, as a unit, on a motor, with unots' e suppzrting element; andthe oii ducts and the chamber of said elemeut in communication with the lubricating system of the motor.

10. Motor assemblage of the character described embodying a supporting element independent of an associated motor. and adapted to support a plurality of motor adjuncts as a unit, a common shaft other than the crank shaft of the motor, ior operating all of said adjuncts, menus for detachabl mounting said element with its associated adjuncts on a motor, and drivin connections between the motor crank sha t and the common operating shaft of the several aduncts.

11. Motor assemblage of the character described embodying a supporting member on which is adapted to be mounted on oil pump, on electric generator and a timer, means also mounted on the supporting member for operating the pump, enerutor and timer, and means for dctachabl mounting the whole in position on a motor as a unit.

12. Motor essemblage of the character described embodying a supporting member, a, water pump, an oil pump, on electric genera-tor and :1. timer mounted on and. supported by said member, means also supported by said member for operating t e pumps, generator and timer, and means for detnchubly mounting the whole on :1. motor as a unit.

'13. A supporting element for a plurality of motor adjuncts embodying a casting, independent of the motor crank case, cored to provide bearings for the operating shafts of the adjuncts adapted to be mounted on the supporting member and chambered to myidc a housing for the driving connections between said adjuncts.

14. A supporting element for a pluralit of motor adjuncts, one of which is an or pump. embodying n. casting, independent of the motor crank case. cored to provide bearings for the operating shafts of said adjuncts and inlet and outlet feed ducts for the oil pump, said casting being further cored to provide a housing for the operating connections between the said adjuncts.

15. A supporting element for a plurality of motor adynncts embodying a casting, independent of the motor crank case, provided with uttuchin" flanges whereby the several adjuncts may we secured to the casting and the casting secured to a. motor, said casting being cored to provide a housin for the operating connections between sai adjuncts and further cored to provide for the circulation of a lubricant through the casting, said casting being demountable from the motor without necessitatin dismantling of any part of the motor cra case.

16. In a motor assemblage of the class described a unitary member provided with faces adapted for the following uses, to attach the unitary member to the motor and to mount on the unitary member an electric generator, a timer, an oil pump and water pump, said unitary member being also cored to receive and support a. primary power shaft and an auxilia power shaft, the axes of the two shafts ing at right angles.

17. In a motor assemblage of the clam described a unitary member provided with faces adapted for the following uses, to attech the unitary member to the motor and to mount on the unitary member an electric generator, a timer, an oil pump and water pump, said unitary member being also cored to receive and support a primary power shaft and an auxiliary power shaft, the axes of the two shafts being at right angles, said unitary member being also cored with conduits to receive oil from the crank case and to transmit said oil through said oil pump back to the crank case.

18. In a motor assemblage of the clam described the oombination of the following elements; a unitary member provided with faces adapted for the following uses, to at tach the unitary member to the motor and to mount on the unitary member an electric generator, a timer, an oil pump and water pump, said unitary member being also cored to receive and support a primary power shaft and an auxiha power shaft, the axes of the two shafts hemg at right an Ice, said unitary member being also cored wit conduits to receive oil from the crank case and to transmit said oil through said oil pump back to the crank case, a primary power shaft suitablly mounted within said unitary member an secondary power shaft mounted within said unitary member, the axes of said shafts being substantially at right angles, with means interposed between the said shafts for the transmission of power from the primary to the secondary shafts, said prime shaft being provided at one end with a ey member adapted to register with the driven shaft of the gener- M101, and said secondary shaft being provided with key members adapted to registerwith the driven shaft of the pump and the driven shaft of the timer, with means in like manner to key the water pump to the main shaft and to seal such connections by suitable glands, so that the generator, timer oil pump or water pump may be assembl or dis-assembled with relation to the power shaft line and keyed thereto in the operation of the assemb] Signed by me at Detroit this 4th day of February, 1920.

VINCENT LINK.

Witnesses:

W. W. Aus'rrn, R0: 0. GAMBLE. 

